Do you use pacifier to keep your baby quiet?
By lulumartin
@lulumartin (963)
Germany
July 15, 2009 6:16am CST
Hi my friends, 
Sometimes my baby will cry without a reason and sometimes i will get frustrated with the cries. I feel stressed when it comes to the cries like that. Then i tried put the pacifier inside his mouth, but he did not like it at all, he just used his tongue to pull it out. So, until now, i still cannot use the pacifier to keep him quiet. Every time, my husband or i have to go to him, hold him and comfort him. When we hold him up, then he smiles. It's lovely.
So, what about your baby? Will the pacifier comfort him/her?
Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
Sometimes my baby will cry without a reason and sometimes i will get frustrated with the cries. I feel stressed when it comes to the cries like that. Then i tried put the pacifier inside his mouth, but he did not like it at all, he just used his tongue to pull it out. So, until now, i still cannot use the pacifier to keep him quiet. Every time, my husband or i have to go to him, hold him and comfort him. When we hold him up, then he smiles. It's lovely.
So, what about your baby? Will the pacifier comfort him/her?
Have a nice day and happy mylotting. 2 people like this
12 responses
@rainmark (4302)
•
15 Jul 09
I think when the babies cries without any reason, he just need a cuddle and attention from the parents.
I have my 19 months old son. I never used pacifier or dummy to keep him quite.
I can see some mother using it to keep thier babies quite and i see it looks horrible for almost 2 years old and also pacifier will pushing the teeth up so i think it's not good to use it more often.
Happy myloting.
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@lulumartin (963)
• Germany
15 Jul 09
Hi, rainmark.
I understand what you mean about the teeth problem as i have experienced this when i was small.
When i was a baby, my parents always used the pacifiers to keep me quiet. I used the plural because they really gave me 2 or 3 pacifiers. They put those pacifiers in the chain around my neck, then i could choose which one to suck. Ok..i did not remember these actually, this is what my parents told me. They said sometimes i sucked two pacifiers at once. Then my teeth was really ugly, the pacifier pushed my teeth up, but luckily in the end , i gave up the pacifiers when i was 7 years old.
My parents were really busy with their work in the past and i think this is the reason why they wanted to use the pacifiers to keep me quiet. Sure i do not want my baby to experience all these. 
I believe close bonding is essential between me and him.
Happy mylotting and have a nice day!
I understand what you mean about the teeth problem as i have experienced this when i was small.
When i was a baby, my parents always used the pacifiers to keep me quiet. I used the plural because they really gave me 2 or 3 pacifiers. They put those pacifiers in the chain around my neck, then i could choose which one to suck. Ok..i did not remember these actually, this is what my parents told me. They said sometimes i sucked two pacifiers at once. Then my teeth was really ugly, the pacifier pushed my teeth up, but luckily in the end , i gave up the pacifiers when i was 7 years old.
My parents were really busy with their work in the past and i think this is the reason why they wanted to use the pacifiers to keep me quiet. Sure i do not want my baby to experience all these.
I believe close bonding is essential between me and him.
Happy mylotting and have a nice day!
@SummerChick (513)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
That's true! Prolonged use of pacifiers would protrude growth of the baby's teeth.
@Daisiesndots (160)
• United States
20 Jul 09
My son likes his pacifier but only when he wants it. Babies love to suck, it can be comforting to them, it can be so comforting to them that sometimes they will continue eating because they love to suck, but then again some babies will never take a pacifier.
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@lulumartin (963)
• Germany
26 Jul 09
Hi, daisiesndots.
My son never likes his pacifier. We bought the nipple-like pacifier, but never a time he would want to suck it quietly. He would always spit it out or cry loudly if we put it in his mouth.
However, my son loves to suck his fingers, perhaps they are more tasty, haha..
Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
15 Jul 09
He's got you and your husband trained. He cries, you pick him up. Baby is getting exactly what he wants from you. Of course it's okay to pick him up and love him but if he's crying when you put him down for a nap it won't hurt him to cry himself to sleep.
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@lulumartin (963)
• Germany
20 Jul 09
Hi irishidid.
Ya, he likes us to be around him and play with him. He doesn't like to lie down for long time, i can understand this as it is too bored for him. But sometimes i think i can use the pacifier to calm him down when we go out, but seems it does not work. He just doesn't like it. And he always wants to suck my nipples before sleeping, i am afraid i become his human dummies now....
@SummerChick (513)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
Pacifiers were made as TEMPORARY remedy for baby's cravings and it should not be a substitute to let baby stop crying. There are reasons why babies cry. He maybe hungry, he maybe suffering from a pain or discomfort, he maybe startled, he needs attention, etc. In all these instances, pacifiers should not be made a big role to remedy them.
Just as what you have cited, holding him will stop him from crying thus he smiles when you carried him. Crying is his outlet to get noticed. The most effective way to let a baby stop crying were a simple touch and hug coming from us parents. One may not believe it but babies were foremost attracted with their immediate kin - their parents. So if you hear your baby crying, talk to him, touch him, carry him - you will surely know what he likes - he likes loving you, and he ought to be loved in return...
Cheers to parenting! :-)
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
21 Jul 09
I use pacifier with my baby when he is crying. That helps him stop crying and then I could do my own stuff. Most of the time I use pacifier when he is sleeping. What I do is I carry him first until he fell asleep. When I put him on his crib he will cry because I let him lay so I put the pacifier in his mouth to stop him crying. Then he continue sleeping until such time he is hungry again. I always want to minimize the use of pacifier because I do not want my baby to get used to it too much. I am glad there are times that he need not to use pacifier because he sleeps so tight that when I put him on his crib he is still sleeping. Pacifier is okay as long as it does not stay too long in our babies mouth because I think it has some effects with their growing teeth.
@nehaagra (848)
• Singapore
16 Jul 09
Out of my 2 kids younger one used pacifier. I used to give him only when he needed to sleep, as he needed something to pacify him. Else, like if i had some other work, he cried due to hunger or some discomfort, i gave him pacifier, he just used to throw it away.
I also used it give it till he was 1 year,,and then stoped giving him, as as kids grow up its gets tougher to get rid of it.
So Do not use it every time your baby cries, as its not good for health....
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
20 Jul 09
I have not used pacifiers for both my children. They used to cry at times and mostly they cry for a reason. They may be hungry or they need a diaper change. I try not to give too much attention to baby cries as I am the one who looks after the baby almost all the time. When we have one kid, we have plenty of time. When we have two, time gets split up. Using pacifiers adds additional responsibility of cleaning it alll the time. They may drop on the floor and they might even pick up germs on it. The biggest danger can be Rotavirus.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Jul 09
I do not have any babies anymore but yes, I did use a pacifier for my daughter to calm her down and relax her Alot of times she did not want it though and she would spit it out and still cry.
@erricaalisa (489)
• United States
16 Jul 09
at first we decided we weren't going to let him use a pacifier because we didn't want him to get dependent on it and i've also heard they are bad for their teeth. when he was born that changed, i don't want him to be 5 and still sucking on a paci.
@desteny114 (886)
• United States
16 Jul 09
I used to use a pacifier with my baby when he was a little upset in the car and some times in the house. But he actually stoped using it when he was about 3 months old he would jut play with it.
@vingyan06 (2486)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 09
My two babies need pacifiers to calm down from cries. And they both need pacifier to go to sleep. Now I am thinking to wean off their pacifier but I FAIL. They attach tightly to the pacifiers and they could not sleep without pacifiers :(
If your baby does not like pacifier, just let it be. It is better to not depending pacifier if possible. Or else you have to take time to wean off it in the future.
